Underwear dispute leads to stabbing in Tobyhanna

Police responded at 7:45 a.m. Monday to a residence on Country Place Drive in Tobyhanna.

When police arrived, the victim, Jeffrey Vipond, 65, told police that his roommate, Oscar Johnson Jr., 65, had stabbed him in the left leg once with a steak knife.

Vipond said Johnson was angry at him because they had been arguing about a pair of underwear.

Johnson was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and instruments of a crime. He was arraigned in district court, police said.

Vipond was taken by ambulance to Pocono Medical Center for treatment.

Police said they also contacted the Coolbaugh Township Zoning and Building Codes Enforcement, Monroe County Municipal Waste Authority, and Pocono Country Place Rules Enforcement to look into conditions observed inside and outside of the home.